A lot of the time transphobia, antisemitism, racism, etc manifests in how quickly we cut someone out of our lives or attack them when we hear a bad story about them. A lot of our gut reaction to such an event comes from prejudice and from how much (or how little) we’ve been taught to empathize with someone. A lot of the time benefit of the doubt, talking about it and second chances are just for people with the same privileges as us.
